I also think this sets a dangerous precedent. I now expect the next scroat who gets nicked with a Glock and AP in his possesion to be given a suspended sentence when his top-notch lawyer quotes Nightingale vs The Crown, 2012.
It is a very sad day when equivalence is suggested between a gun-toting wide boy and a Serviceman with a distinguished record.
Yes he was technically guilty of a statutory offence, but there should have been leeway for the Judge Advocate (
pr!ck) to give him a suspended sentence.
So now justice has been delivered by the Appeal court. Anyone casting dispersions on this outcome is therefore illogical, illiberal and showing disregard for the right of any man to appeal any sentence given by a UK court.
Shame on you all - you know who you are.